Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-05

exports of the United States to Mexico,
and showed, as far as one item at least,
VIZ, agricultural implements, was con
cerned, that the statistics were incorrect.
II was found, for instance, that one house
in Mexico had imported during the
| month of priI agricultural instruments
valued ct nearly five times the amount
given in the Treasury statistics as the
total value Of such exports TO Mexico for
the month. The attention of Mr.. Swift
Ter, the chief of the bureau, having been
called to this com plant he has written
letter in which he declares in so many
words that the statistics of our exports to
| Mexico ard to Canada also are under the
present system of collection worse than
worthless, fact which 1t is well for all
| business men who have occasion to use
| such statistics to bear in mind.
! IH the case of Thomas L. Watson, of
| Washington Territory, in which is involv-
| cd the question of the rights of settlers
/ upon school lands in the territories, As
/ sistant Secretary MuldrOw has decided
/ that, under the acts granting to the terri
tories lands for school purpose, where
! the land at the date of a survey IS occu-
pied by an actual settler, his right to the
| land is superior to the right of the terri
/ tory, and that where school lands, at the
/ date Of survey, are occupied by an actual
! settler, the territory is entitled TO elect
| equivalent lands in lieu thereof as in
| 1cmuity; and having made such selection
the indemnity land so selected is held IL
reservation in lieu of the schoo! section
upon which such selection was made; and
the school section by the act of such
election Is released from reservation,
and therefore an entry of a school section
made while the selection of equivalent
land remained intact, was valid.
GERMAN RAILROAD STATISTICS.
Tho total length of tho German rail
roads in operation i'll this year 1856 was
%, 100 English miles, against 22,704 miles
the preceding year. OF the total mileage
1902 miles were trunk lines, against
1894 miles tho year before. OF branch
Inns there were 4,I5s miles, against $3.50
miles in 1884 .. There were 238 miles CT
narrowgauge line. OF the to6al mileage
2O,237 miles were government roads and
2SS miles were private railroads under
government administration. The great
est mileage il in Prussia, which contains
3.lSS. The total capital invested i'll
German roads is $2,HO,52O,G32. The
45O, 9f5. of which 2lG, 1894 were carried
on state railroads. The freight carried
aggregated 48,970OGi tons, of which
l3o, ,SS0,lGG tons was carried by state rail
ways. The total income of the railways
was S24S,G27,9i7, of which $23O,33O 253
was earned by the state railways The
total expenses of the railroads was $1iO.-
170,O23, of which she state railways cost
$l29,919942. 1t will be seen from the
above that the net earnings of the state
railways was over %1CO,OOO.OOO.
An official statement of the revenue of
the United Kingdom Of Great Britaia and
Ireland for the last fiscal year shows an
increase of over gl,000,00O, or $4,000, 600,
over the receipts for tho year before. OF
last years revenue SO $4,000, or near
ly 500, was from customs, c25,-
295,OOO, or nearly Sl26, SOC, 600, WIS from
excise, cI5.S10OOO, or about $4,000 600,
was from property and income tax, and
tI2.O3O,000, or about S6O.000, 900, was
from stamps. These we're the principal
sources of revenue. The total amount of
the receipts was C6O, Gas $40, or Cbout
$453,o0O 900, OF which only between one
fourth and one fifth was from customs.
As there was an increase of receipts
last year without a corresponding in
crease of expenditures there was sur
plus. This surplus amounted 70 about
&t35OOOO. The chancellor of the ex-
chequer did not, in reporting this fact,
recommend an increase of expenditures.
On the contrary, he recommended a de-
crease of $4,000 900, aud a reduction of
taxes to correspond. But we must re.
member that in England they don't know
that the way to improuerish the people
is to reduce the taxes, and the way TO en-
rich the people Is to put on more and
higher taxes. That is Il great American
disc There is no patent on it, but
somehow the benighted "Britishers" are
slow TO take the benefit of our great dis
coyeries.
THE chief of the bureau of animal in.